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United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner may inspect certain water structures, but owners must allow access and may have to pay for required engineering investigations; unsafe structures can be ordered repaired, altered, or removed.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner may transfer custody of certain state dams or control structures to a political subdivision if stated conditions are met, and must file transfer documents and deposit any payment received into the state treasury and general fund.
United States — Minnesota
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Certain government entities may not buy or accept a privately owned dam as a gift until the commissioner has inspected it, reported to the legislature, and the legislature has not blocked the transfer.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner must adopt rules excluding certain minor dams from permit requirements and may not require permits for original construction of dams, reservoirs, or control works already in existence on or before July 1, 1937.
United States — Minnesota
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The provision lets a political subdivision, and sometimes the commissioner, lease or use development agreements for hydropower-related dams and sites, subject to specified conditions.
United States — Minnesota
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A municipality that owns or controls the site may build a dam on the Red River of the North and related structures, but it must first get consent from the United States and North Dakota if required by law or treaty.
United States — Minnesota
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This section limits certain dam and water-level actions in the named Minnesota counties unless specific legal authority is given, and it sets special approval and payment rules for certain waterpower uses.
United States — Minnesota
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This section covers when public waters and abandoned dams are treated as subject to state flowage easements, and gives the commissioner powers to accept, determine, take possession, dispose of, or convey dam-related interests.
United States — Minnesota
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A lawsuit or proceeding about certain dam-related matters against specified public entities is barred unless filed within one year.
United States — Minnesota
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An action or proceeding is barred unless it is started within one year after the commissioner’s order on the ordinary high-water level.
United States — Minnesota
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A town or municipality may let a waterpower-related overflow, obstruction, impairment, or raceway digging affect a public street or highway if needed for the waterpower, but the waterpower must petition first and the governing body must give notice and set approval terms.
United States — Minnesota
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If a dam owner later needs to restore stream flow after acquired overflow rights and bank failure, the owner may enter the affected property to repair the banks and must pay damages caused by that entry and repair.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner may grant flowage easements in the Upper Red Lake region, but only with the governor’s approval and under terms the commissioner sets.
United States — Minnesota
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People cutting ice in state waters must fence or guard the cut openings before starting, and keep the barrier up until the ice in the openings is at least six inches thick.
United States — Minnesota
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Certain local bodies may regulate how a body of water is deiced, so long as the regulation is consistent with the commissioner’s rules.
United States — Minnesota
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Rules for aeration system permits on public waters: fees, sign posting, public notice, and commissioner rulemaking.
United States — Minnesota
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This section lets the commissioner issue aquatic plant permits and set permit fees, but it also imposes application, notice, and safety-documentation requirements in scuba-diving cases.
United States — Minnesota
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A county board, lake improvement district, or municipal governing body may regulate weed and algae removal methods for a body of water, so long as it follows the commissioner’s rules.
United States — Minnesota
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A municipality or town may spend and fund aquatic vegetation control work, but the work cannot start without the required permit.
United States — Minnesota
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The commissioner of natural resources must not issue leases or permits to remove sunken logs from public waters.